Cuba crackdown spurs arrests and hijacking in tense week
Cuban security forces detained at least 46 dissidents over two days as Fidel Castro promised trials, while a Cuban airliner carrying 29 passengers was hijacked and landed under U.S. escort in Key West. Six hijackers faced federal air piracy charges amid sharp U.S. and dissident reactions.
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Havana
U.S
Fidel Castro
United States
Key West
Fla
Elizardo Sanchez
Couple accused in Elizabeth Smart kidnapping get court counsel
In Salt Lake City AP report, Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee, ages 49 and 57, say they cannot afford lawyers and receive court-appointed counsel. They face charges including aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated burglary for the 2002 Elizabeth Smart case. The couple also faces related counts tied to a separate attempted abduction of Elizabeth’s 18 year old cousin after panhandling in the city for years. Elizabeth Smart, then 15, was abducted from her bedroom on June 5.
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Elizabeth Smart
Salt Lake City
Brian David Mitchell
Wanda Barzee
Elizabeth
Data recorder found from Columbia could aid shuttle inquiry
A recovered intact data recorder near Hemphill Texas may hold data on Columbia final minutes, temperatures, and aerodynamic pressures. NASA and the investigation board await data recovery, noting it could become a key clue in determining the disaster cause and guiding future shuttle operations.
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Texas
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Accident Investigation Board
Hemphill
Brown
NASA
Investigation Board
Johnson Space Center
Florida
Sean O’keefe
NASA Advisory Council
Stennis Space Flight Center
Mississippi
O’keefe
Gene link found in binge eating study urges new treatments
A Swiss German American study in The New England Journal of Medicine argues a melanocortin 4 receptor gene mutation can drive binge eating by increasing hunger. Five percent of severely obese adults carried the mutation. all mutation carriers in a study binge ate, versus 14 percent of normal gene carriers. Researchers suggest genetics help explain obesity and point to future therapies.
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Boston
Fritz Herber
Hirslanden Clinic
Zurich
Switzerland
National Institutes of Health
New England Journal of Medicine
Fond du Lac man hits 19000th Big Mac record
Don Gorske, 49, of Fond du Lac, set a new milestone by eating his 19,000th Big Mac. He consumes two per day with Coke and logs every bite in a notebook. He jokes he would be clueless without Big Macs and notes his weight at 6 feet tall and 180 pounds. He says the diet shows loved foods need not make one fat.
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Fond DU Lag
Wis
Don Gorske
Gorske
Fond du Lac
Markets Local Stocks And Grain Prices Across Regions
Local stocks quoted include United Parcel B at 58.53, Casey’s Gen St 11.68, Wendy’s 26.80, H R Block 42.21, O’Reilly Auto 26.80, Comm Fed Corp 22.03, Clarcor 36.22, SLM 109.48, Praxair 56.88, WalMart 52.79, Suntron 3.59, Dollar Gen 12.52. Grain quotes from Overbrook Co op Ottawa and Edgerton show hard wheat 3.25 soybeans 5.49 corn 2.17 milo 2.12. Franklin County Farm Services lists wheat 3.22 corn 2.23 milo 3.62 soybeans 5.40.
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Casey’s
Wendy’s
H&r Block
O'Reilly Auto
Comm Fed Corp
Clarcor Inc
SLM Corporation
Praxair Inc
WalMart
Suntron
Edward D. Jones & Co
Wednesda
Overbrook Co-op
Milo
Ottawa
Edgerton
Franklin County Consolidated Farm Services
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